Loveland beekeeper stung by his own shotgun booby trap

[Boom Buzz]

Ooops!  From today's Denver Post...

A Loveland beekeeper fell victim to his own sting and was wounded by a booby trap he set to protect his hive from a bear.
Police said John Frost, 68, suffered injuries to his left hand and left lower leg after an improvised shotgun booby trap he made went off Nov. 4.
Frost told a Larimer County sheriff's deputy that a bear had knocked over a beehive on his property the day before. When he was interviewed at the hospital, Frost said he was cleaning his shotgun because he wanted it ready in case the bear returned.
According to sheriff's reports, Frost said he then lost consciousness and woke up with a bleeding hand. He said he then put the shotgun in the house and that his girlfriend, Cheryl Erbelding, 56, drove him to Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland.
Deputies described Frost's injuries as minor.
The report said that his injuries did not appear to match his story and that Erbelding said she never saw Frost with a shotgun.
Deputies said Frost gave them permission to investigate his property.
According to the report, police followed a trail of blood droplets which led them to a "suspicious-looking box" with a pipe protruding from it near the beehive.
Deputy Andrew Weber, who filed the report, said he recognized the box as a booby-trap shotgun. The report said that the pipe appeared to be attached to a tripwire. Upon dismantling the device, police reported finding one spent shotgun shell.
According to the report, a hospital staff member became suspicious when he asked Erbelding what happened and Frost allegedly said: "Shut up, we talked about this."
The Department of Wildlife and the Larimer County district attorney's office said neither will pursue charges against Frost.

[Tommyt]

Darwin :roll:

[edward]

 :lau: :lau: :lau: :-D  :roll: darwin  :roll: :-D  :lau: :lau: :lau: :lau:

[Eric-WD]

I guess he (and his hospital bill) is his own punishment.

[AllenF]

 :lau:


So where are the pics of the booby trap?   I need to make sure I don't make the same mistakes as him.   :-D

[hardwood]

Must have been using 6 shot...If I set a bear trap and accidentally triggered it I'd be runnin' from the Devil by now.

Scott